January 12

January 12

Born on This Day

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  • Famous Capricorns
  • Famous Actors

  Howard Stern

  Actor, Radio Talk Show Host, Talk Show Host / 1954 -

  Howard Stern is a disk jockey, talk show host, author and television personality. His long-running show is currently broadcast via satellite radio.

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  Howard Stern

  Born: January 12, 1954
  Age: 59 years old
  Birthplace: Jackson Heights, New York City, New York, United States
  Occupation: Actor, Radio Talk Show Host, ...
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  • Modern Titans of Tech
  • Famous Capricorns
  • Famous People Born in 1964

  Jeff Bezos

  Entrepreneur / 1964 -

  American entrepreneur Jeff Bezos is the founder and chief executive officer of Amazon.com. An e-commerce pioneer, Bezos was instrumental in creating a model for buying and selling products online.

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  Jeff Bezos

  1964 | 49 years old
  Entrepreneur

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  • Imbibers
  • Name Changers
  • Famous Capricorns

  Jack London

  Journalist, Author / 1876 - 1916

  Jack London was a 19th century American author and journalist, best known for the adventure novels White Fang and The Call of the Wild.

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  Jack London

  1876 | 40 years old
  Journalist, Author

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  • The Ed Sullivan Show Guests
  • Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier
  • Olympic Boxers

  Joe Frazier

  Boxer / 1944 - 2011

  Joe Frazier was the world heavyweight boxing champion from February 1970 until January 1973 and fought in the famous "Thrilla in Manila" in 1975.

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  Joe Frazier

  Born: January 12, 1944
  Birthplace: Beaufort, South Carolina, United States
  Occupation: Boxer
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  • Celebrity Bookings
  • Numerous Nuptials
  • Famous Capricorns

  Rush Limbaugh

  Radio Talk Show Host / 1951 -

  Conservative Rush Limbaugh hosts the syndicated and controversial radio talk show, The Rush Limbaugh Show. He was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame.

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  Rush Limbaugh

  1951 | 62 years old
  Radio Talk Show Host

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  • Weight Loss Winners
  • Cast of Dancing with the Stars
  • Cast of Cheers

  Kirstie Alley

  Film Actress, Television Actress, Reality Television Star / 1951 -

  Emmy Award-winning actress Kirstie Alley played Rebecca Howe on the TV series Cheers and has struggled with weight problems in the public eye. She's also competed on the dance-competition show Dancing with the Stars.

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  Kirstie Alley

  1951 | 62 years old
  Film Actress, Television Actress, ...

January 12

Died on This Day

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  • Fright Writers
  • Famous Virgoans
  • Famous Playwrights

  Agatha Christie

  Author, Playwright / 1890 - 1976

  Agatha Christie was a mystery writer who was one of the world's top-selling authors with works like Murder on the Orient Express and The Mystery of the Blue Train.

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  Agatha Christie

  Died: January 12, 1976
  Age: 85 years old
  Place: Cholsey, England , United Kingdom
  Occupation: Author, Playwright
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  • Influential Women of Washington
  • U.S. First Ladies
  • Famous Virgoans

  Ellen Arthur

  U.S. First Lady / 1837 - 1880

  Ellen Arthur was the wife of Chester A. Arthur, but died just before he became vice president in 1881, and before James Garfield's assassination would have made her first lady.

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  Ellen Arthur

  1880 | 42 years old
  U.S. First Lady

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  • Famous Black Writers
  • Groundbreaking Women
  • Famous Taureans

  Lorraine Hansberry

  Playwright / 1930 - 1965

  Playwright and activist Lorraine Hansberry wrote A Raisin in the Sun and was the first black playwright and the youngest American to win a New York Critics’ Circle award.

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  Lorraine Hansberry

  1965 | 34 years old
  Playwright